Bracket for automobile-lamps.



B..'F. '6: G. EL ENSLEYM BRAK'ET FOR vAI'ITOMtBIIE LAMPS. Arrnrouron FILED 001227, '1910.-`

Patend Jan. 23, 1912.

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BENJAMINE F. ENSLEY .AND CLARENCE E. ENSLEY, OF MOULTON, IOWA, ASSIGNORS 0F f ONE-HALF TO WEB/PER S.. FARRAR, 0F LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, AND LEONARD M.

CLARK, OF MO'ULTON, IOWA.

BRACKET FOR lAU'IOll/IOBIIIJT.-ILIAMPS.

Speoication of Letters Patent.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMXNE F. ENS- Lnr and CLARENCE E. ENsLnr, citizens of the-United States, .residing-at Moulton, in

the count-y of Appanoose and State of Iowa,- Yhave invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Brackets for Automobile- Lamps; and we do declare the following to be a lull, clear, and exact description of. the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same. v

Our invention relates to brackets for automobile lamps, and it consists in the con-` struction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of an automobile showing the application of lthe invention, t'o the lamps thereof. Fig. 2 is a side view of the front end of the automobile and one of the lamps showing an end view of thelamp operating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the front running gear and a portion of the steering apparatus showing the arrangei/ ment of the lamp operating mechanism. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of one of the lamp sockets Aand bracket.

Referring more particularly to the drawings; l denotes the liront lamps of the automobile said lamps being revolubly mounted in ball bearing sockets 2 which are adapted to be engaged with the, usual lamp brackets- 3 of the machine. Secured to the lower portion of one of the lamps is a bell-crank lever 4 while to the opposite lamp is connected a lever or crank arm 5. The crank arm 5 is connected to one arm 6 of the bell crank lever by a connecting rod 7. l

Pivotally mounted on one of the springs or other suitable part of the machine frame y is abell crank operating lever 8 one arm 9 -f'lfof which isconnected by an upwardly projecting, forwardly curved operating bar 10 to the free arm `1.1 of,the bell-crank lever 4 on `the lampi",` Theoppositearm l2 of the bell-crank'operating lever 811s` connected by an' operatingrod* .13 to; the steering rod 14 of the automobilev steering?gear. The operating rodl3has a loose connection withsthe v amil-112 0f the .bell fer-anbieter" 'Sa-Wiebff Patented Jan.' 23, 1912. Application led October 27, 1910. Serial No. 589,418.

the movement of the body ofthe automobile y on the springs will not interfere with `operating mechanism of the lamps.

By connecting the lamps with the steering lwill be simultaneously operated by -the movement steering apparatus to turn 'the' lamps in either direction to which the front rod as herein shown and described the lamps wheels of the machine are turned thus upper portion a in the edges of which are oppositely disposed ball bearing sockets b. Said brackets are also provided with downwardly disposed projections c at the base ofl A the enlarged upper portion'in which are formed ball bearing sockets d. A lever 4 has an enlarged inner end c, provided with a depending screw threaded arm f which is inserted in the hollow bracket and is provided on its underface with ball bearing sockets which register with the ball bearing sockets b, in the upper portions of the enlargement a.' The lower end of the arm has mounted thereon a plurality of nuts g and' g', the upperone of which g is provided with edge ball bearing sockets g3, which register with the sockets d. Said nuts servev to clamp the enlarged inner end e, of the lever 4 on all of the ball bearing sockets together, when the balls are arranged in the sockets. The enlarged inner end e of the lever 4 is provided with an upwardly projecting-bifurcated lamp holder which straddles the lamp, said hplder being provided with bearings It, at its upper ends to `engage loops h', on the sides o f the lamp.

Having described our invent-ion what We claim isy An apparatus for automobile lamps comprising a hollow-bracket with an enlarged upper portion havingedge ball bearing sockets therein, the base of said enlarged portion provided with 'downward projections also having balll bearing sockets therein, a lever having an enlarged inner end mounted over the upper end of the bracket and provided with ball bearing sockets en` its under face, said lever havlng an arm :projecting into the bracket and having a plurality of huts thereon the upper one of set ouihands in presence of two subscribing `which is provided With ball bearing socket-sn witnesses.

said nuts adapted to clamp the ball bearing l I BENJAMNE F. ENSLEY. sockets together when the balls are arljanged 5 therein'and said enlarged inner end 'of the CLARENCE E' ENSLEY leverhaving a bifrcated lamp holder pro- `Witnesses: l jecting. upwardly therefrom. GLENN 'MCQUEEN,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto W. BURGHEm Copies of this patent may be obtained foive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 13.70.@ 

